"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is fashioned...

From Susa (modern Shush, Iran), diagram of one of the lion's head terminals. Elements included are: empty wells, inlay, filigree wire. From the "Technique: Persian Metalworking" section of the "Art of the Ancient Near East" chapter (Chapter 2).